We tried to not have queer characters carry the burden of teaching everyone a lesson or saving the day in a cliché way, or have any characters who were there just to advance a plot point. We tried to focus on full humans, with jobs and needs and dreams, that didn’t talk like they were in a TV show.
The Joy of Watching a Transmasculine Character Who’s Right at Home in Rural America
"We were just two guys who shared a love of the land. It wasn't about him accepting me. It wasn't about being nice. He just saw me...that's a rare thing no matter where I am."
Somebody Somewhere is such a gift. A love letter to rural queers and the communities that sustain us. If this is how the show must end, at least it went out on top. (edit: it's been renewed for a third season!!)
trying to make a go of it in your home town after being away
a largely queer open mic event called choir practice that initially takes place in a presbyterian church in a dying shopping mall
an agricultural scientist who is a very dapper trans man named Fred Rococo and who uses the word bashful and owns a party bus and probably has other fun secrets up his sleeve